Talas Creative Therapies, a Serbian dramatherapy association, was founded in Belgrade in 2018 by Lidija Andonov, and is a member of the European Federation of Dramatherapy.
Using the method of dramatherapy, we worked with a group of young male refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran over a period of six months. Together, we wrote poems, made drawings, and did theatre improvisations. The workshops were concluded with a presentation at Bitef Festival 2017.
The project and the accompanying documentary In/visible Faces (2017) were realised together with Shira Wolfe, Dragana Djukić and Katarina Ćirilović-Popović, in collaboration with Nemir Film.
Talas worked with a group of female refugees from Afghanistan and Iraq for three months. We communicated and shared through making a collage, which contained each woman’s wishes, thoughts, and experiences.
The workshops included intensive physical training and theatre improvisations, using biographical material and fragments from myths and fairytales. The working process was presented at Bitef Festival 2016.
The workshops included body exercises and theatre improvisations, using stories, myths and fairytales. This was an independent project organised and led by Lidija Andonov
Talas = Wave in Serbian
* We have written permission from the participants in our workshops to share the photographs and movie.*